Eastern Daily Mail and Straits Morning Advertiser, 20 July 1907

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  • 19 1 Eastern Daily Mail AND STRAITS MORNING ADVERTISER. No. 568 VOL. HI. SINGAPORE. SATURDAY, JULY 20, ***** PRICE 5 CENTS
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  • 2707 1 By Mr. W. J. Bryan. There are no Pullman sleepers m India, and the tourist must carry his bedding with him. Night trains have compartments containing broad seats which can be used as couches and hanging shelves upon which one may lie. The traveller carries his own blanket,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 74 1 0t ||k A GOOD DIGESTION ??f» "_k STforTyeit) Daps j (marvellous! OFFER. (First Class Talking Machine Nickel Plated j with Big Flower Horn and 10 Records I $14.50 j Instead of 525.00. I 30have been sold during these few days and I there are only a few left. I Win
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    • 226 1 Howarth Erskine. Ei>§ii>eers apd Contractors. I ELECTRICAL INSTALLATIONS. 28. Telegrams EESKINE. MM IMI, M "-^"»»"»^»M-M*M----»«----------__l-i WEILL ZERNER'S REMOVAL SALE.t NOW ON Goods at Cess tban Cost to Clear. 19, STAMFORD ROAD^ Whiteaway, JCaidlaw Co. m RUDGE WHITWORTH eYeLES. By Special Appointment tt m j B > Appointment to H. M.
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    • 10 1 ttle Guaram.c tbe Cargest Circulation of anp paper m Singapore.
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  • 1004 2 The Eastern Daily Mail. PRICE 5 CENTS. SATURDAY, 20TH JULY OUR WATER SUPPLY IN 1906. lt is gratifying to learn that we m Singapore need be under no apprehension as to a dearth of water. Past experience has shewn that troubles always result when there is a scarcity of water.
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  • 201 2 Yesterday's Government Gazette contains a notification to the effect that Chief Detective Inspector Perret is appointed to act as Assistant Superintendent of Police m Penang, and first class Inspector Tyrrell to act as Assistant Superintendent of Police Singapore. We congratulate both these officers on their well-deserved promotion and
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  • 399 2 The Robinson Piano Company wil* shortly open business m Bangkok Mr. \V. A. Cuscaden, the InspectorGeneral of Police, has gone to Malacca on a tour of inspection. The Tanjong Pagar Dock police picked up the dead body of a China man floating off Section 6 yesterday morning. Inspector Purvis, who
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  • 53 2 The n Piece on >^N Weareg a >V^J greatest diflli ri >at ofhispl av T%trK Ur > a- Jia -">h_ha_ *a>og Ues m >>S ri ?B -_Z*< '•c wuhinfctni^ 1, ct r £S£: cii "»™u g hiv D **s dln »0- effort 5 2?j-**%Ss *c first ti mt Th
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  • 21 2 THE SINGAPORE CHRISTIAN IN-NEED SOCIETY. 'Jhc half year',, r Sunday the *j«i_ nusine>s f 0 n ix :j **i lowancc- M
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  • 60 2 A German, a Swede, ad, member, of t le ere ,7* steamer Marcellu., appart i Senior Mag.^a,, SJ I pn charge of broach" «nstar:t, when < j p Colombe. and stealiw a J lantity ot c^ence, andS It was decided that the m had no jurisdiction,
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  • 184 2 Both the Am Hsm Lm Sing i pore have n_ with tlie mails fan J Hong bang Iv on Thursday at I m., a Paknam on Sunday I j making the pfU The Post Office then took i (39 bags) at B j letters ready for
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  • 134 2 Mr 11. W lh..mson.Bnd t he Kuici o! IWnm follows to a mcdi-Ml paper Among t. begin to <meke, oc< agi of eight, and" .^ularly about tic fourteen. It is difficult to nai Sen effort M* "»«53 stttp climb wJlofc Co connect either rirlv Idling la*** neighbourhoodo
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 387 2 It TOILET SETS. Wecarry the largest stock m the East and also have the greatest variety and at all Prices from $3.00 to $25.00 p. set. I___nTS_PECTIOIsI" itstyited. Special lVothy White I luted Set with Large Basin $6 50 per White. Kmbossed Set i $4 25 I H»»n White $400
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    • 358 2 APPLES "STONE PIPPINS" 0 65 cents 71 ii H per dozen. THOMPSON, THOMAS CO. j THE AUSTRALIAN STORES, I SI2iTC3-^___?o_E^-E. *jammmmommmomAammmmmmmmmWm%^ TEPLITZ.H^ Bohemian Natural L Mineral Water A Certain Remedy for: Nervous Dyspepsia, Chronic Kxcessive Secretion of Lithia and Albumen, Rheumatism of the joints and Muscles Mixes well with all
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 102 2 cOMING EVENTS. TO-DAY, JULY 20. High Water —5-9 am, 5-35 pm Assizes Fast of Ab (Jewish Holiday) S R E (V) Monthly Handicap Shoot, 3 pm The Parsi Alfred Theatrical Coy. 9 prr Royal Cinematograph 7-30 9-30 pm Japanese Cinematograph 7-30 9-30 pm TO-MORttOW, JULY 21. High Water 6-37 am,
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  • 16 3 > r Kore3n .i.SS 1 m«J jl v SrJeit .vires ll> Henceforth the &**s*** KVtse official
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  • 4 3 Manchurian Railway Loan. gfhgfh
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  • 7 3 bis?-*" o**7., undcrta-'
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  • 10 3 J h« been modern ideaEL errors coocei >'' BsSfi
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  • 26 3 Uteugraphv BE RATIFIED. 1/^l9, Ic.na.lll. ESl* I Bill will be limited i that it wDt r -ailed. f^Bannerman has the wireless s* t
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  • 12 3 []j_dcc.l- jT y-L-nos resignation o! thc I Kttepted.
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  • 10 3 ta?'. J- mm -or. the America
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  • 17 3 Many Weather on the Bombay Coast. Iluiooj-'y i\ ;u r e on the Bombay c now nsoon
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  • 32 3 tWoaJ. -jm. fat of Lords adop-.ed the I DCOt Of V pssaonof Metbuei past It y jjsllic money to cac( P*sb peace. amendment pspport m the House
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  • 36 3 aldadvocati 4e Suez Canal, and make a £t Jjpane^ ily ii J* tact that when tj* r ;adron *t Channel and -dispatched XL resuh that the RiL c Americ
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  • 61 3 -•ofbcing herself _»C£° rt Ur lf that bJJ -world by marry LC n Clous 'y Sarin, EiC*°J> 'are, thai the fn t nol bound b JW,^cedent. 1 fii futur c, von CSsitr of ge ,s li >t ha or how C>4rcr,,°° ld W I CS^ cof
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  • 439 3 SANDWELL FOUND GUILTY OF MURDE I. Sentence of Death. Yesterday was t.ie f ial day of the trial of Drummer S' ndwell of the Royal West Kent Regin c it and the court was crowded with l_ c public who were extremely anxious to learn the resutt
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  • 286 3 Hi> Excellency the Governor has been pleased to make the following appointments with effect from the 20th July, 1907 Chief Detective Inspector H. F« Perrett to act s Assistant Superintendent of Po'ice, Penang. First Class Insc»ector J. Tyrrell to act a- Assistant Supe-in endent of Police, S'ngapore.
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  • 139 3 Experiments were made at Cartagena on April 27 with the explosion of fixed torpedas at a distance by means of Hertzian waves. The apparatus employed is the invention of Senhor Balsera, a telegrapii official. The results of the trials are declared to have been batisfactory. The inventor
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  • 46 3 Beautiful features and a lovely complextion are frequently marred by an unpleasant expression, while amiaoility and good humour render the plainest countenance delightful. Thoughtfulness for others and unselfishness are kreat beautifiers. For all perfection of skin and feature will not make up for an unjovely expression.
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  • SCIENCE & MEDICINE,
    • 149 3 An authority on earthquakes calls ?h,l mJl\L a simple device by whi<* tuey may be accurately foretold. The instrument employed is mercy a horseshoe magnet. These magnets lose there attractive power immediately before during the continuance of an earthquake. Ihe fact was discovered and utilised many years ago
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    • 157 3 No one could wish a clock to run as long as 30,000 years without being wound up. Is there such atimepiece J There is, and it is the work of a distinguished inventor m matters electrical. He calls it a radium clock, and asserts that it will
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    • 238 3 Despite the success of the phonograph, a French scientist, Dr. Marage, has constructed what may be described as a talking siren that is, a siren which produces sounds that accurately imitate those of the various vowels both when sung and spoken. In constructing this device,
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    • 116 3 Many are the devices which have been tried to get rid of the mosquito. The latest is to electrocute him. Maurice Chaulin, a French inventor, has perfected a clever apparatus for killing mosquitos. It consists ol a small lamp electric or oil hung between two rings, the rings
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    • 200 3 I"he invention attributed to a Birmingham apothecary of a simple process for rendering steel rust-proof is one of revolutionary importance. The process, says the Daily News," would seem to consist of an application of phosphorus quite different from that which has produced the strong and beautiful, but seldom
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    • 118 3 An ingenious invention has just been perfected by a Mr. Solomon who arrived m Ceylon m 1906, by which it has been rendered possible to X-ray pearl ov^ters, and thereby ascertain the exact size of the pearl within without killing thecyster, or m any way interfering with
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    • 311 3 some most curious experiments recently performed by Dr. Wolfgang Weichardt, a Get .nan physician. These experiments, although revolting m themselves as all such experiments are, may prove to be of extraordinary value to mankind. A number of guinea-pigs were made to work continuously on a kind of miniature
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  • 85 3 A twakow, loaded with dry fish m b jkets ready for shipment, was sunk 1 the storm on Wednesday night off \affles Quay, and has been discharging ncr cargo along the sea wall ever since. The sanitary authorities have already removed several cartloads and are
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  • 337 3 Following is an interesting note on feeding trees through incisions m their trunks m cases where the diseased roots are unable to extract nourishment from the soil. These experiments were made by a M. Simon, of Allaire, Morbihan, France: In thc stem of the tree or plant he
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  • 383 3 DE ROUGEMON T'S FEAT. Can a man ride a turtle Mr. Louis de Rougemont, who astonished the world with his extraordinary tales of adventure, has satisfactorily demonstrated his ability to ride astride turtles swimming under his control. The scene of the achievement was the London Hippodrome, after
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  • 663 3 MORE RADIUM DISCOVERIES. The latest revelation to which the discovery of radium has led is to tell I us something regarding the thickness of the earth's crust and the heat of the globe's internal fires. About four years ago, the Ho i. R. J. Strutt, F.
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  • 58 3 On July 12, celebrations m honour of the Franco- lapanese entente took place m the inhibition grounds, at Tokio. The French Ambassador, the Embassay staff, Japanese statesman, members of the municipality and of the consular corps, with hundreds of private guests were present, and the Rising Sun and
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  • 294 3 FACTORS OF SAFETY IN THE HUMAN BO DY. We find a very interesting article by Dr. S. J. Meltzer m the New York Science on the question ol supplying the human organism with food." The doctor's conclusion is that the living animal organism has been provided with factors of safety,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 326 3 ;F. CLARKE CO. J A t i i J O7. Queen Street. J J TELEPHONE No. 916. f f J\\\ kinds cf Rubber Tyred i > Carriages for Hire. 1 a FURNITURE REMOVING Ao. a i SADDLE HORSES FOR HIRE, i i RIDING LESSONS GIVEN TO LADIES 6 GENTLEMEN, j
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  • 704 4 WHY I BECAME A SLOW BOWLER For the past few years slow bowling is drawing considerable attention of the trundlcrs m several parts of the world. Mr. li. J. I Bosanquet the celebrated English Bowler has given his reasons for adopting this style of bowling m the Frvs Magazine as
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  • 288 4 WHAT IS A SPONGE It is difficult for one to realise, when handling an ordinary bath-sponge, that this is all that remains of a once living animal— in fact, but the skeleton of one of the Porifera, to which group all sponges belong. At one time they were looked upon
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 864 4 TRfIDES, PROFESSIONS &l^d HORSE AND CATTLE FOQD^] th;"?^ S g< V fi n e coat y Partaking ot this food, and milk cows will prod^' katties a day, from 2 bottles bSul you may bring them up to 20 bo tl^ a day, per picul $2.50, bags about oS picul
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    • 142 4 __!*5B j °hiu> "5 Pn I gener^roJ* !1 e> H SEf^ """"id i^feif "^-.iSS *«_.SS P^rtAKDiSPj,, B*ti*iHjn]!j 9 Wd Sp«^ j HOOT COM! tiener_l R epairer> Motor Cm fc Aiw.y.in Stock dtMofe, YEAP POX G| CHOP EWE GIM lieaeaJ lfac____ andean JJEVOLj _J SYLVAII YEE CHEOI v, TREACHER fl IPOH
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
    • 103 4 CHURCH NOTICES S. Andrew's Cathedral. Eighth Sunday after Trinity. July 2 Matins and Litany, 7 a.m. Holy Communion (Choral) 7-45 a.m. Holy Communion (Plain) 9-15 a.m. Sunday School and Bible classes, 3-40 p.m. Evensong and Sermon, 5-30 p.m. S. Matthew's, Sarov Lines. Foo Chow Service, 1 1-15 a.m. Sunday School,
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    • 1366 4 0 SHIPPING NEWS. VESSELS IN PORT. Whnro Mn-of-Wnr. Flag and Tone Master Arrived From For When Lying Sea Belle F. ML S. yet. 48 Nacodah Feb 5 P. Swettenham P Swet'ham U K. H. Wright U. S. tra. 364 Hamilton May 17 Manil Manila U Wharf Shipa Flag Tons master
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  • 482 5 iv lawn-tennis a Y recently F&! |an^rt Chambers. Rp th the best lady nnd en.th l.e^n XV player tot nearly so r^_l!bered inatin 'Jested the PI button, Miss fcf, B*l^wUt_M for her defeat, the nd also 0* at n held the preTat her father- ?> ere die learnt
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  • 377 5 REMARKABLE CONFESSION OF A DOCTOR. Following are the amazing confessions of Dr. Patterson, m.a., 1.1.d., published by the M New York World." Dr. Pattereoa is a fairly well-known American criminologist, and was arrested on a charge of forgery. He declared that from childhood he always recognised m
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  • 493 5 IHE CHEAP BALLS Quite a -mail boom seems to be working up m all the new fifteen penny balls that have been put on the market, writes a home correspondent, and it is just possible that this time a vogue may be created for them which may do something
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  • 566 5 capital. Subscribed. of Issue Paid p I Shire, Value; up to ve Company i r_?___ _J I GOLD. 1900 ,75,000 $I4O>OOO I I^^! *'<> ■H rococo £350,000 3^o 2 $I W r DwetopailMtLld 1901 $300,000 $293,000 JIS $1S KadanaG.M.Co., (Kref) 2.00 nominal I 640 unissued loo 1902
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  • Commercial.
    • 138 5 On London.— Bank a m s 2/4 7/16 Demand 2/4^ Private 6ms 2/4 13/16 do. 3ms 2.4 9/16 On Germany.— Bank d d 2.39J Private 3ms 2.46 do 6ms 2.48 On France.— Bank d d 2.94] Private 3ms 3.04 do 6ms 3-°6£ On India.— Bank T. T. 174^ Private
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    • 263 5 Copra Klantan 10.65 do Mixed >o.| do Bali n 9-45 do Timor ,,10.60 do Pontianak 9°° do Pasir n ll 9° do Billiton h »o-45 do Pulo m »o.5 0 do Dongola 10.65 do Sankawang h 10 -45 Coffee, Bali 15 per cent 00 do Palembang, «o p/c basis
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    • 19 5 Oil Anchor t 2 t n Devoe's J f, Langkat a#|0 Dragon a, 0 Ran goon per case
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 601 5 I GERVIS XAVIER 'co!, LIMITED 1 T s 3SjRED_dIB^.IiT. T 1 555? T M n*"° Tr*"" i_, WMni I A. DEPOI- For Drugs, Chemicals, Crockery, Cutlery, Hosiery Co„Ee T I nonery Perfumery, Stationery, Boots and Shoes, H.u C^" I W ars, Ties, Spmts, Wines, Beers, Stouts, Lamps and Glass" A
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  • 260 6 RACEHORSE-OWNER'S WILL Mr. John Russell Gubbins, of Bruree House, Bruree, Co Limerick, High Sheriff of Limerick m 1886, tbe wellknown Irish breeder and owner of racehorses, twice winner of the Derby, with Galtee More m 1897 (m which year he won with the same horse the St. Leger and
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  • 707 6 COLLEGE MOUNTAINEERS. Oxford has one of the queerest clubs m the world. On certain nights m the year, after the sleepy porter has clanged the college gates on the last of the scurrying undergraduates, who must be m their quarters by 12 p.m.. the belated wayfarer
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  • 130 6 A delegation from the Rock away Beach Taxpayers' Association called upon Arthur J. O'Keoff, First Deputy Police Commissioner, m Brooklyn, on April 26, to ask the police to act as censors of bathing suits worn by women during the coming summer. Attorney George W.
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  • 102 6 M ARKET PRICE LIST. Singapore, 2nd July 1907. Beans, Long per catty do. French do. 12 Ueef per lb. 18 Beef Steak do. 24 Bean Sprouts per catty 3 Bamboo Sprouts do. Blachan do. 10 Brinjals do. 4 Cabbage, Batavia do. nil. do., China do. 1 2 do., Salted do.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 354 6 NOTICES. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION Tenders will be received tat the Colonial Secretary's Office, up o noon of the 24th July, 1907, for the following works (1) Alterations and additions to Nurses' Quarters, General Hospital. (2) Erection of Laundry, General Hospital. (3) Painting and repairs to Beacons. (4) New Cell Doors, Criminal
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    • 827 6 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. PAID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000 RESERVE FUND:Sterline Reserve $10,000,000 soi 000 000 Sliver Reserve $11,000,000 aAi,WU,WU Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000 Court of Directors. G. H, Medhurst, Esq. Chairman. Hon, Mr, W. J. Gresson— Depu.y-Chainnan. Bailech, Esq, d. M. Nissim Esq. E. Goetz, Esq, a 1. Raymond,
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    • 434 6 "E. D. M." ADLETS. FOR SALE, WANTED &r. A MUSICAL FARCE ENTITLED THE RAJA OF STENGAHPOUR" WILL BE PLAYED AT THE TEUTONIA CLUB (by kind permission of the Members) on July 2jrd and 27th at g p.m. In aid of THE SOLDIERS, AND SAILORS FAMILIES ASSOCIATION of which HIS MAJESTY
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    • 281 6 FOR SALE. piCTURE post cards of Si. Settl ments &c.-Koh Co., c'e 0N nr Sk"S IS Ca^lc7rWs c Pony Bht Blg f r Cob No reasonable offers refused. Apply at Wilkie Raod 16-7-07—22-7-07. PUBLICATIONS. Q UY BpOTHBY-nowh m attrac -KoH ve L^: coversat s S; I TS!_ E __I l
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    • 208 6 ■55 Months 1 'car 0UT -N 1 Month 3 Months, x !°nth s -1 *ear BMALL ADVERrt, For inch v above L>H S cc, ce weekly H 1 F r u l inch S___r f bo^ headinf S Ho. 2 r3CO^ Marriage, Hirth orlie:M Per insertion. "^J V^' rH^U ARohii
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